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Posted by Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers on February 17, 2008, 2:45 pm
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> usenet-2008@planetcobalt.net
> says...
>>> ivan.svaljek!MAKNI!@email.t-com.hr says...
>>>> What firewall do you suggest that only does firewalling and keeps
>>>> itself off of spyware, virii and other security jurisdictions (and
>>>> most of all, does its job well)?
>>>
>>> Sygate 5.6 3408
>>
>> If you want to run outdated software that will no longer receive any
>> security updates, that is.
>
> Nowdays, it amazing how many users want the latest upgradable
> software with the ever increasing amount of features which are
> used to help sell the product.
>
> From what I've seen, Sygate is complete within itself and doesn't
> grow old with age.
Because now that the program is no longer supported it has become
totally impossible that anyone could ever find a security hole in it ...
Just like nobody would ever be able to exploit a design flaw like, say,
running interactive services with elevated privileges.
Any irony found in here may be kept by the finder, BTW.
> In Sygate, the user builds all the rules and can make changes as
> required. Here are the functions which can be used in combinations to
> build each rule.
> Allow/Block, Host Address, Ports 1-65535, Protocols TCP, UDP,
> ICMP, Direction In/Out/Both, Scheduling, Applications.
*cough*GRE*cough*IGMP*cough*L2TP*cough*
> I believe you will find that these are all the parameters one would
> require to control operation of their computer on internet--this
> of course disregards getting malware infections.
I on the other hand believe that you still don't have the slightest clue
about IT security.
cu
59cobalt
--
"If a software developer ever believes a rootkit is a necessary part of
their architecture they should go back and re-architect their solution."
--Mark Russinovich
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